The Case for Private Property Rights on Other Worl

MarkWhittington writes: "With all the talk of the commercialization of space, very few people are discussing a potential stumbling block that has to be dealt with before humans return to the Moon. Under the Outer Space Treaty, drawn up in the mid 1960s, it is very nearly impossible to own anything on any celestial body such as the Moon. There is no body of international law, readily accepted by most nations, that even governs private ownership of land, mineral rights, or even human built infrastructure on the Moon or any other body in the Solar System."